Commonwealth Games 2018 day three: cycling, swimming and more – as it happened

Gold Medals

• Nile Wilson (England) in the men’s individual all-around gymnastics
  
• Joseph Townsend (England) in the men’s para-triathlon
  
• Jade Jones-Hall (England) in the women’s para-triathlon
  
• Neil Fachie (Scotland) in the men’s B&VI para-cycling sprint
  
• Adam Peaty (England) in the men’s 200m butterfly
  
• Elinor Barker (Wales) in the women’s 25km cycling points race
  

Silver Medals

• Zoe Smith (England) in the women’s 63kg weightlifting
  
• Jack Oliver (England) in the 77kg weightlifting
  
• James Hall in the men’s individual all-around gymnastics
  
• England in the mixed team triathlon relay
  
• James Ball (Wales) in the men’s B&VI para-cycling sprint
  
• James Wilby in the men’s 200m butterfly
• Kate Archibald in the women’s 25km cycling points race
  
• Molly Renshaw (England) in the women’s 200m breaststroke
  
• Jack Carlin (Scotland) in the men’s sprint cycling final
  

Bronze medals

• Alice Kinsella (England) in the women’s individual all-around gymnastics
  
• Duncan Scott (Scotland) in the men’s 200m butterfly
  
• Neah Evans (Scotland) in the women’s 25km cycling points race
  
• Chloe Tutton (Wales) in the women’s 200m breaststroke
  
• England in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay

Australia win the final event of the day in the pool, taking gold with a time of 7min 48.04sec in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay final. Canada were just over a second behind in second place, while England were a further six seconds back in third. That’s the last of the day’s medals won following the conclusion of today’s action in both the swimming pool and the velodrome.

England’s Ethan Hayter came so, so close to victory, having opened a massive lead on the field only to be swallowed by the chasing posse in the home straight of the final lap of 60. Australia’s Sam Welsford wins the gold medal after a great team effort from Australia. England take silver and bronze, with Christopher Latham finishing second and Oliver Wood in third. After his brilliant solo effort, Ethan Hayter comes fourth and goes home empty-handed.

They’re nearly 20 laps into this 60-lap race at the velodrome. There are 24 competitors and the rules could not be simpler - first past the post wins. Or, as Chris Hoy just explained on BBC TV: “Turn left and go straight for a bit, turn left and go straight for a bit, turn left and go straight for a bit and make sure you’re in first place at the end of the final lap. Australia’s Cameron Meyer is the strong favourite, while there are plenty of representatives from the various British nations.

Sophie Pascoe wins with ease to help New Zealand to become the fifth different nation to win gold medals in the swimming pool as she triumphs in the SM10 200m Individual Medley, ahead of Canada’s Aurelie Rivard and Australia’s Katherine Downie.

There was an Aussie one-two-three in the para-swimming. Timothy Disken finished ahead of Timothy Hodge and Blake Cochrane.

New Zealand’s Sam Webster takes race two and the gold medal, winning the second leg of the sprint final in a photo-finish despite a titanic effort by Scotland’s Jack Carlin to reel him in after giving the Kiwi several lengths going into the final lap. In the bronze medal final, Australia’s Jacob Schmid beat Malaysia’s Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom.

South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker has just won the women’s 200m breaststroke at a canter, prevailing by a length from England’s Molly Renshaw and Chloe Tutton from Wales. That’s South Africa’s first ever gold medal in this event. Tutton’s bronze is Wales’s first medal in the pool at these Games.

Chad Le Clos has just won the second semi-final of the Men’s 100m Freestyle, leading from pillar to post to finish ahead Australia’s Kyle Chalmers, Canada’s Yuri Kisil and Trinidad and Tobago’s Dylan Carter.

In the first semi-final, Australia’s Cameron postest the fastest qualifying time of both semi-finals, taking 48.50 seconds to qualify along for the final alongside Scotland’s Duncan Scott, Australia’s Jack Cartwright and Sri Lanka’s Matthew Abeysinghe.

New Zealand’s Sam Webster has prevailed in the first race of his best-of-three final against Scotland’s Jack Carlin. Webster had an average speed of 71.125km per hour, covering the 200m in a time of 10.123sec. Carlin was almost half a second behind.

England’s Adam Peaty completed a four-year sweep of major titles with men’s 100 metres breaststroke gold at the Commonwealth Games. The 23-year-old Olympic, world and European champion defended the title he won at Glasgow 2014, clocking 58.84sec. James Wilby, the 200m breaststroke champion, took silver in 59.43sec. Scotland’s Duncan Scott earlier took 200m butterfly bronze as South Africa’s Chad Le Clos won a third straight title in his signature event.

Peaty, who will return for the 50m breaststroke heats on Sunday, said: “I was out on world record pace at 50, but it’s April. I went out there tonight to get to that 50 as fast as I could and hold on. Even though it’s a gold medal and it’s four years undefeated and that’s completed the circle, I’m not happy with that performance. It’s not the best version of me. I want to go out there on the 50 and try to get that better version.”

Elinor Barker won track cycling gold for Wales in the women’s points race at the Commonwealth Games as Katie Archibald and Neah Evans took silver and bronze respectively for Scotland.

Barker, an Olympic team pursuit champion, had chosen not to take part in the pursuit races here and her fresher legs showed as she took a lap on the field midway through the race to vault to the top of the standings - a position she was then able to defend comfortably. Archibald followed up her gold in the individual pursuit on Friday with a strong ride but could not match her Great Britain team-mate.

Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott won gold for England in the women’s B&VI 1000m time trial, breaking their own world record with a time of 1:04.623. That completed a remarkable double-double as they also won Thursday’s sprint in a world record time, having won both events at last month’s world championships with world records there too.

Scotland pair Neil Fachie and Matt Rotherham picked up their second gold of the Games in the men’s B&VI sprint, beating James Ball and Peter Mitchell of Wales after breaking the world record in qualifying.

In the velodrome, we have the Women’s 500m Time Trial final, the Men’s Sprint finals and the Men’s 15km Scratch Race final.

In the aquatics centre, there are also several more medals to be decided. Stay tuned for the Women’s 200m Breaststroke final, the Men’s SB8 100m Breaststroke final, the Women’s SM10 200m Individual Medley final and the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay final.

• Gold: Kylie Mass (Canada)
  
• Silver: Emily Seebohm (Australia)
  
• Bronze: Taylor Ruck (Canada)
  

Elinor Barker wins gold for Wales after gaining a lap on the field, before winning double points with a huge effort in the final sprint. That’s Wales’s second gold medal at these Games. Kate Archibald came second for Scotland, while her compatriot Neah Evans was third.

Track cycling’s equivalent of the Wacky Races, the Women’s 25km Points Race, is currently being contested by a field of 24 riders. There are British riders from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with Scotland’s Katie Archibald and Welsh riders Elinor Barker and Dani Rowe (nee King) among the better known ones I’ve heard of.

Adam Peaty wins the gold, while his compatriot James Wilby gets silver thanks to a mightily powerful surge in the final 25 metres. South Africa’s Cameron Van Der Burgh had looked like he might reel in Peaty, but ultimately had to settle for the bronze medal. Peaty’s winning time: 58.84, a new Commonwealth Games record.

England’s Adam Peaty, who was afraid of water as a child, is the hot favourite to win this as defending champion, Olympic Champion, European Champion and World Champion. His world record is 57.13sec and he’s so determined to become the first swimmer in history to go under 57 seconds that he’s labelled his effort Project 56. Can he do it here?

Australia’s Cate Campbell wins the gold medal, while her sister Bronte ties for silver with Canada’s Taylor Ruck. There was a suggestion Bronte Campbell had twitched on the starting block, but the result is confirmed. Cate Campbell wins in a time of 23.78sec, a new Commonwealth Games record. She had been hoping to beat Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjostrum’s world record of 23.67sec, but has come up short.

Chad Le Clos ties up a bit towards the end, but holds on for the win to take his third consecutive Commonwealth title in this event in a time of 1min 54.00sec. Australia’s David Morgan was second in 1min 56.36sec and Scotland’s Duncan Scott was third in 1min 56.60sec.

The evening’s swimming is about to begin with the Men’s 200m Butterfly Final. South Africa’s Chad Le Clos is the favourite in lane six. Jacob Peter’s is England’s representative in lane one, while Scotland’s Duncan Scott is in lane three. Le Close gets off to a mighty start and opens a huge lead.

Australian world champion Matthew Glaetzer, who won the men’s keirin yesterday and was hot favourite to win the men’s sprint gold at the Commonwealth Games, went out of the race in the qualifying stages against Malaysian unknown and rank outsider Muhammad Sahrom.

Sahrom was the slowest of the 16 qualifiers, but caught Glaetzer napping to eliminate him at the 1/8th final stages. “I was just coming into the bell too slow. I needed to be accelerating not just controlling,” said Glaetzer, a 25-year-old from Adelaide who seemed to be attempting to conserve energy. “It’s just hard, it’s a nightmare unfolding. With three-quarters of the lap to go, I knew I had stuffed it and had to give it all. I had to try and fight but the race was gone by then.”

Sophie Thornhill and her pilot Helen Scott have won the Women’s B&VI 1000m time-trial final, beating Australia’s Jessica Gallagher (with Madison Janssen) into second place. Scotland’s Aileen McGlynn (with Louise Haston) was third.

Having already prevailed in the first, Scotland’s Neil Fachie and his tandem pilot Matt Rotherham have won the second race of their best of three competition against Welsh rider James Ball and his pilot Peter Mitchell in the Men’s Blind and Visually Impaired Sprint finals.

Ellie Black scores 13.450, which is enough to win her the gold medal for Canada. Australia’s Georgia Godwin takes silver and England’s Alice Kinsella gets the bronze.

The competition leader, Elisabeth Black from Canada, finishes her floor routine to rapturous applause and looks to have done enough to secure the gold medal. The judges will decide ...

One of just a handful competitors left to compete in the final rotation, England’s Alice Kinsella completes her floor routine. It’s not perfect and she makes a few minor errors. The judges award her 12.55, which moves her ahead of Australia’s Georgia-Rose Brown into the silver medal position. Kinsella already has a silver to her name at these Games, having been part of the English women’s outfit that came second in the team event yesterday.

Welsh gymnast Latalia Bevan follows Godwin and gets a score of 13.300 that moves her into second place. Her compatriot Maisie Methuen next out on the floor. Her routine earns her a score of 12.750 from the judges, which puts her in the bronze medal position. She’s unlikely to stay there, unfortunately.

Australia’s Georgia Godwin has just posted the score to beat with a fine floor routine that leaves the crowd whooping with jubiliation, her coach beaming and the gymnast herself with a final score of 53.800. She’ll take some catching.

The evening’s cycling action has just begun and the first of three possible races in the Men’s Blind and Visually Impaired Sprint Final is under way. Neil Fachie and Matt Rotherham are in action on their tandem against Welsh duo James Ball and Pete Mitchell and take the first race. The next one is scheduled for about 20 minutes time. Should Fachie and Rotherham win, expect to see their trademark, extremely foolhardy double “look ma, no hands” celebration.

The competition continues and after three of the four rotations Canada’s Elisabeth Black is in the gold medal position. Australia’s Georgia Godwin is in second place, while England’s Alice Kinsella is third. A fall of the beam has just knocked England’s Kelly Simm out of the medal positions down to sixth.

• If you’re part of a British audience that is just crawling out of the metaphorical pit on this nice Saturday morning, there have been no shortage of English successes while you were sleeping. Here’s a quick round-up ...
  
• Weightlifter Zoe Smith has won silver in the women’s 63kg
  
• Her compatriotJack Oliver has won silver in the men’s 77kg
  
• Gymnasts Nile Wilson and James Hall took gold and silver respectively in the men’s individual all-around competition
  
• In triathlon, England bagged silver in the Mixed Team Relay Fiinal
  
• In paratriathlon, Jade Jones won the Women’s PTWC Final
  
• Joseph Townsend won the Men’s PTWC Final
  

Zoe Smith overcame a crippling back injury and combining training with working in a bubble tea cafe and studying for her A-Levels to claim a third Commonwealth Games weightlifting medal.

England’s Smith finished with silver with a combined weight of 207kg as Canada’s Maude Charron won gold in the women’s 63kg class with 220kg. The Londoner defied UK Sport’s funding cut of weightlifting and a back injury which required an epidural and left her fearful she would be unable to lift the 15kg bar to add to her Commonwealth collection.

“It was awful; the flight here was horrendous,” said Smith, who won Delhi 2010 bronze, aged 16, and Glasgow 2014 gold. “Even on the bus here I was thinking to myself I’m going to go and say hello to everyone and have a wave on the platform but I probably won’t be putting any weight on the bar.”

Smith prioritised weightlifting over studying around the London 2012 Olympics, missed Rio 2016 with a shoulder injury and the funding cut has resulted in life changes. She has been working 10 hours a week at Pearls Bubble Tea in Loughborough University’s student union and studying for her A-Levels at Loughborough College at the age of 23. She has exams in biology, psychology and environmental science when she returns and plans to continue on to Birmingham 2022, via the Tokyo Olympics, despite recent travails.

“I probably need to go and open a book and prepare for those exams,” she added. “I’ve been out here a couple of weeks and only glanced over them. So keep your fingers crossed for me in May. Funding isn’t why I do this. It’s always been about my love of weightlifting. I’m going to carry on doing that with funding or not.”

Earlier Smith’s England team-mate Jack Oliver won a Commonwealth medal at the third attempt, with silver in the men’s 77kg class. PA Sport

Malaysia’s Farah Ann Abdul Hadi has just finished her floor routine. A Muslim gymnast, Hadi won six medals, including gold in the women’s floor exercise, in the 2015 Southeast Asia Games, only to be criticised by clerics in her homeland for wearing a leotard that showed off her “aurat” - an Islamic word meaning the shape of her genitals and thighs, which religious texts suggest should be covered.

Cleric Harussani Zakaria said: “Gymnastics is not for Muslim women. It is clear that exposing one’s aurat and the shape of one’s body is haram [forbidden in Islam]. If Muslim women want to participate in gymnastics, they have to find outfits which cover the aurat and this, in turn, might not be suitable for the sport.” Tens of thousands of Hadi’s supporters were quick to rush to her defence and it’s nice to see she hasn’t taken the criticism on board.

While India and Pakistan drew 2-2 in the big hockey match of the day, there were defeats for Wales and Scotland. In Pool B with India and Pakistan, Wales were beaten 3-0 by Malaysia. Canada won by the only goal of the game in their Pool A match against Scotland.

After two rotations, Canada’s Elisabeth Black leads the field with a score of 27.900. England’s Kelly Simm is in second place with 27.750, while Georgia Godwin is in the bronze medal position. Latalia Bevan (Wales), Shannon Archer (Scotland) and Cara Kennedy (Scotland) are in fourth fifth and sixth place.

Nile Wilson and James Hall made it a one-two for England in the men’s individual all-around final at the Coomera Indoor Sports Centre, with Marios Georgiou from Cyprus finishing third. The women’s individual all-around final is ongoing, with Nicole Burns from the Isle of Man gadding about on the beam as as I type.

Weightlifting: Despite carrying an injury, English weightlifter Zoe Smith has finished second in the women’s 63kg, behind Canada’s Maude Charron. South African lifter Mona Pretorius has come third. Smith has now completed the set of Commonwealth Games medals, adding silver to the bronze she won as a 16-year-old in Delhi and the gold she won in Glasgow four years ago.

There are 14 different sports being contested at the Commonwealth Games today, from cycling, swimming and boxing, to rather more niche pursuits such as lawn bowls and beach volleyball.

Today’s medal events – some of which have already been contested – are in cycling, swimming, gymnastics, triathlon and weightlifting and Australia will be hoping to continue yesterday’s astonishing dominance in the pool, although England’s Adam Peaty is the hot favourite to win the men’s 100m breaststroke.

THere’s already been one massive upset in the velodrome, where Aussie world champion Matthew Glaetzer is out of the men’s sprint. Despite setting a new world record in the heats, Glaetzer lost to Malaysia’s Muhammad Sahrom in the 1/8 finals.

Wow! After watching Smith and Pretorius duke it out for silver and bronze Maude Charron strolls out and lifts 117kg over her head like it’s a twiglet to claim as dominant a gold medal as you could wish to see. Seriously impressive from the Canadian.

Now, can she go on to break any records? She’s attempting 122kg to set a new Commonwealth Games clean-and-jerk record and equal the combined record of 220kg. YES! At her second attempt, the final lift of the event, Charron adds the cherry to the top of the cake.

Gold for Australia! Jacob Birtwhistle completes the job for Australia, crossing the line with a boxing kangaroo flag in hand. Birtwhistle is joined in a four-way embrace by teammates Ashleigh Gardner, Matt Hauser and Gillian Backhouse. Gardner in particular deserves enormous credit for her third leg that decided this race.

New Zealand are a long way behind in the bronze medal position, a few seconds ahead of Canada.

Hi there! Welcome to day three.

Australia continued its domination of Gold Coast 2018 yesterday as the action remained centred on the pool and the velodrome. Of the 17 gold medals awarded eight went to the hosts. Three locals now have multiple golds.

There were stories to celebrate elsewhere, including student cycling star Charlie Tanfield, and the City of Derby swimming club.

There’s plenty of action to get to today, including the distribution of 22 gold medals, so let’s dive straight in.

England have started strongly, taking out gold and silver in the Men’s Individual All-Around Gymnastics final, adding to golds in both the men’s and women’s PTWC Triathlon. India collected its third weightlifting gold.

Coming up

Here’s what’s still to come on day three. Remember, all times are local – the Gold Coast is GMT +10:00 and EST +14:00.

• The Triathlon Mixed Team Relay final featuring the Brownlee brothers will conclude shortly.
• From 4.40pm Australia’s Georgia Goodwin - a Gold Coast native - will be in the medal hunt in the Women’s Individual All-Around Gymnastics final.
• Two more weightlifting gold medals will be awarded following Sathish Kumar Sivalingam’s earlier victory for India in the men’s 77kg category.
• From 6.30pm another rash of medals will be handed out in the velodrome, including the men’s sprint finals at 8.50pm.
• Medals are on offer in the pool from 7.30pm, when Adam Peaty is expected to star in the 100m breaststroke.
• Although no medals are on offer there’s action in plenty of other disciplines including badminton (quarterfinals), basketball (group stage matches headlined by Australia’s Boomers against New Zealand’s Tall Blacks at 9pm), beach volleyball (pool matches), boxing (round of 16), hockey (pool matches), lawn bowls (group phase and quarterfinals), netball (pool matches), squash (knockout stages), and table tennis (quarterfinals).

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